Feels Like Christmas!

We wanted to get a picture of our house all lit up complete with our very own "Charlie Brown" tree!  Nick did a great job decorating the house this year!  Our Christmas tree is finally decorated and filled with wrapped presents just in time!  It finally feels like Christmas!

Visit to Santa...

On Friday evening we went to Dad's store because we heard that Santa was going to be there!  Now, in past years, Ben has had an issue with sitting with the big guy, so we talked about it on our way there and as soon as we spotted that sleigh, Ben ran right up to it and climbed on in with Santa!  I was ecstatic... then looked around and realized that Conner had taken off running... luckily Nick was there so he grabbed Conner, but Conner absolutely refused to sit with Santa!  So, we got a great picture of Ben with Santa this year, but no picture of Conner!!!

Happy Birthday, Brecken!

Today, we traveled to Davenport to celebrate the first birthday of our nephew, Brecken!   Ben fell asleep briefly on our way there so I had to snap a quick picture of him with his glasses.  We got to celebrate with Brecken and watch him (kinda) eat his cake and open all of his presents!  He is such a cutie!  Happy 1st Birthday, sweet Brecken!

Fun Christmas Photos...

Just a few fun holiday photos... 

Holiday Crafting...

Time to get started on a few holiday craft projects... What I love about doing this kind of stuff now is that the boys seem so capable all of a sudden! They know what to do and they want to do it all by themselves!!!  Love them...

Christmas Card 2014...

As always, we wanted to have a nice family picture for our Christmas card this year!  The boys did really good, despite the fact that they both insisted on wearing their black "dress up" shoes that didn't match at all...  I pick my battles very carefully!  These two boys have grown up so much and we are so proud of them!

TGIF!

Conner and Ben are ready for school!  Ben has a pajama day today!  One week almost done... two more until Christmas Break!